Global competition has effectively rendered America’s R&D model obsolete. We must adapt to new realities if we are to retain our competitive edge.

Published on: November 26, 2018

Melissa Flagg is the former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and the current Lead for the U.S. Army Research Laboratory Northeast. Ivy Estabrooke is the Executive Director of Corporate Executive Programs and Government Project Systems at PolarityTE, Inc. The views expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not reflect the official opinions of their employers. The authors thank the Richard Lounsbery Foundation for their support.